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Recent Examples of nonevent
The Kremlin has treated Navalny’s death as a nonevent, although tens of thousands in Moscow and other cities, overcoming fear of repression, expressed their grief in public and chanted Navalny’s name.
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Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 13 Mar. 2024
And on Friday, as thousands gathered in the Russian capital for Mr. Navalny’s funeral, cheering his name, official Moscow acted as if the remembrance was a nonevent.
—Oleg Matsnev, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2024
Every day, police officers respond to reports of all sorts of events and nonevents, most of which never make the news.
—Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2023
Every day, police officers respond to reports of all sorts of events and nonevents, most of which never make the news.
—Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2023
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Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 13 Mar. 2024
And on Friday, as thousands gathered in the Russian capital for Mr. Navalny’s funeral, cheering his name, official Moscow acted as if the remembrance was a nonevent.
—Oleg Matsnev, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2024
Every day, police officers respond to reports of all sorts of events and nonevents, most of which never make the news.
—Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2023
Every day, police officers respond to reports of all sorts of events and nonevents, most of which never make the news.
—Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonevent
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The market mayhem wasn't triggered by some mysterious economic force—it's directly connected to mounting anxiety over the federal deficit and the impending fiscal fiasco that Trump and his congressional enablers are planning.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 May 2025
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Read: Inside the fiasco at the National Security Council In saner times, under sounder leadership, changes to the intelligence community would perhaps be welcome.—
James Santel,
The Atlantic,
8 May 2025
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Though the Sixers remained a disaster without Embiid on the floor over those past two seasons, Maxey hit that 26-points-per-game mark and arrived as a star in this league.—
Jared Weiss,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
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The first episode features the recreation by actors of actual communication or lack of communication between the pilot and his junior officer that led to these disasters.—
Stephen Rodrick,
Rolling Stone,
29 May 2025
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Following the 2000 Bush/Gore debacle in Florida, a joint MIT/Caltech review concluded that paper ballots filled out by voters and fed by voters in scanning machines was the optimal method.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
29 May 2025
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The Jalen Ramsey-Miami Dolphins debacle has almost reached its conclusion.—
C. Isaiah Smalls II,
Miami Herald,
28 May 2025
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BlockFi, Celsius, Voyager, Genesis, once industry’s leaders, imploded in the great 2022-2023 washout, wiping out $25 billion in loans and much of the sector’s credibility.—
Nina Bambysheva,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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As of Wednesday, weekend storms are expected to be hit-or-miss and no single day will be a complete washout, according to the NWS.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Apr. 2025
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The University of San Diego and San Diego State both lost Thursday to drop into the losers’ brackets of their respective double-elimination conference baseball tournaments.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 May 2025
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That volatility has created stark winners and losers.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
22 May 2025
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Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore grossed $400 million at the global box office against a budget of more than $250 million, and is considered an enormous flop.—
Matt Craig,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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The Cybertruck is shaping up to be a flop for the ages.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
28 May 2025
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In January, state media reported that intelligence officials in Syria’s post-Assad government thwarted a plan by IS to set off a bomb at a Shiite Muslim shrine south of Damascus.—
Bassem Mroue,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2025
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In the ensuing battles, Israeli forces have mercilessly pounded Gaza with bombs that have destroyed much of the region’s infrastructure, killing more than 53,000, according to Palestinian health officials.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
30 May 2025
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Brady Dale Feb 27, 2025 - Economy Meme coin moment fizzles after Trump cashes in When the most famous man in the world cashes in on a crypto trend, that's a strong top signal.—
Axios,
Axios,
1 Mar. 2025
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Senators power play fizzles The Senators had four power-play opportunities and came away with one goal.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Nonevent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonevent. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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